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I  hereby  certify  that  this  document  contains  true 
copies  of  all  Ordinances  of  the  City  of  Boston  passed 
in  the  municipal  years  1915,  1916,  1917,  1918,  1919, 
1920  and  1921. 

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ordinances  of  1915. 

CHAPTER  1. 

Concerning  the  Quarantine  Service. 

All  the  powers  and  duties  of  the  board  of  health 
^  relative  to  the  maintenance  of  the  quarantine  service 
‘  for  the  port  of  Boston  shall  be  abolished  upon  the  date 
of  the  execution  of  a  lease  by  the  City  of  Boston  to  the 
United  States  of  America  of  all  property  used  in  the 
said  service.  *  [Approved  March  30,  1915. 


CHAPTER  2.t 


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Concerning  the  City  Planning  Department. 

Chapter  twelve  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914 
is  hereby  amended  in  section  four  by  striking  out  the 
word  ‘Hhree’^  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  word 
^^five/^  so  that  said  section,  as  amended,  shall  read  as 
follows : 

Sect.  4.  The  board  shall  serve  without  pay,  and 
may  expend,  for  'the  salary  of  its  secretary  and  for  such 
other  expenses  as  may  be  necessary  in  the  performance 
of  its  duties,  a  sum  not  exceeding  five  thousand  dollars 
per  annum.  [Approved  April  10,  1915. 


CHAPTER  3. 


Concerning  Hawkers  and  Peddlers. 

Chapter  forty  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is 
hereby  amended  in  section  nineteen  of  said  chapter  by 
striking  out  the  whole  of  said  section,  and  inserting  in 
place  thereof  the  following: 

Section  19.  No  person  shall  hawk  or  peddle  any 
fruits  or  vegetables  or  any  of  the  articles  enumerated  in 


*  Lease  approved  by  the  City  Council  May  24,  1915,  to  take  effect  June  1,  1915. 
t  Amended  by  Chapter  5,  Ordinances  of  1916. 


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chapter  345  of  the  Acts  of  1906  and  acts  in  amendment 
thereof  or  in  addition  thereto,  until  he  has  been  assigned 
a  number  by  the  health  commissioner,  and  until  he  has 
recorded  with  said  commissioner  his  name  and  residence 
and,  if  he  hawks  or  peddles  articles  which  are  sold  by 
weight  or  measure,  a  certificate  from  the  sealer  of  weights 
and  measures  that  all  weights,  measures  and  balances 
to  be  used  by  him  have  been  properly  inspected  and 
sealed.  The  presence  of  unsealed  weights  or  measures 
on  the  team,  cart  or  person  of  such  hawker  or  peddler 
shall  terminate  permission  to  hawk  or  peddle  under  such 
registration. 

No  person  shall  hawk  or  peddle  any  fruits  or  vege¬ 
tables  until  he  has  obtained  a  license  therefor  from  the 
health  commissioner,  unless  he  is  engaged  in  the  pursuit 
of  agriculture  or  unless  such  articles  are  the  product  of 
his  own  labor  or  of  the  labor  of  his  family. 

The  health  commissioner  is  hereby  authorized  to  grant 
licenses  to  hawk  or  peddle  fruits  and  vegetables  to 
persons  who  have  complied  with  the  foregoing  require¬ 
ments,  such  licenses  to  be  for  the  term  of  one  year  from 
the  date  of  issue,  and  to  charge  therefor  a  license  fee  of 
five  dollars  per  annum. 

The  foregoing  provisions  shall  not  apply  to  minors 
licensed  by  the  mayor  and  city  council,  unless  such 
minors  hawk  or  peddle  fruits  or  vegetables. 

[Approved  October  20,  1915. 


CHAPTER  4. 


Concerning  Hawkers  and  Peddlers. 

Chapter  40  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is 
hereby  amended  in  section  21  by  striking  out  the 
whole  of  said  section  and  inserting  in  place  thereof 
the  following: 

Sect.  21.  No  hawker  or  peddler  shall  carry  or 
convey  articles  enumerated  in  chapter  345  of  the  Acts 
of  1906  and  acts  in  amendment  thereof  or  in  addition 
thereto,  in  a  manner  tending  to  injure  or  disturb  the 
public  health  or  comfort,  or  except  in  vehicles  or  recep¬ 
tacles  which  are  neat  and  clean  and  do  not  leak,  and 
which  have  printed  on  them  in  letters  and  figures  at 
least  two  inches  in  height  the  name  of  the  person  selling 


Ordinances  of  1915. 


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and  the  number  given  him  by  the  health  commissioner, 
and  which  are  approved  monthly  by  the  health  com¬ 
missioner.  [Approved  November  15 y  1915. 


CHAPTER  .5.  * 


Concerning  Salaries  of  First  Assistant  Assessors. 

Section  five  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordi¬ 
nances  of  1914  is  hereby  amended  in  the  clause  estab¬ 
lishing  the  salaries  of  assessors  by  striking  out  the  words 
‘‘The  first  assistant  assessors,  each  ten  dollars  per  day 
for  street  work,  not  to  exceed  forty  days,  and  six  hun¬ 
dred  dollars  for  office  work,  including  investigation  of 
supplementary  assessments  in  accordance  with  chapter 
400,  Acts  of  1901,”  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the 
following:  “The  first  assistant  assessors,  each  six  hun¬ 
dred  dollars  for  street  wojk  and  preparation  therefor, 
and  six  hundred  dollars  for  services  on  dooming  board 
and  for  work  on  abatements  and  investigations.” 

This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  April  1,  1916. 

[Approved  February  5,  1916. 


*  Amended  by  Chapter  1,  Ordinances  of  1920. 


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ORDINANCES  OF  1916. 


CHAPTER  1. 


Concerning  Use  of  Streets. 

Section  36  of  chapter  40  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1914  is  hereby  amended  by  adding  thereto  the  fol¬ 
lowing  words:  ‘^but  nothing  in  this  section  shall  be 
construed  to  curtail,  abridge,  or  limit  the  right  or  oppor¬ 
tunity  of  any  person  to  exercise  the  right  of  peaceful 
persuasion  guaranteed  by  Statutes  1913,  chapter  690, 
or  to  curtail,  abridge,  or  limit  the  intendment  of  any 
statute  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,”  so 
that  said  section  shall  read  as  follows: 

Section  36.  No  person  shall,  in  a  street,  unreason¬ 
ably  obstruct  the  free  passage  of  foot-travellers^  or 
wilfully  and  unreasonably  saunter  or  loiter  for  more 
than  seven  minutes  after  being  directed  by  a  police 
officer  to  move  on,  but  nothing  in  this  section  shall 
be  construed  to  curtail,  abridge,  or  limit  the  right  or 
opportunity  of  any  person  to  exercise  the  right  of 
peaceful  persuasion  guaranteed  by  Statutes  1913,  chap¬ 
ter  690,  or  to  curtail,  abridge,  or  limit  the  intendment 
of  any  statute  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts. 

[A'p'proved  March  9,  1916. 


CHAPTER  2. 


Concerning  Agent  Under  Workmen’s  Compensation 

Act. 

The  salary  and  expenses  of  the  person  designed  to 
act  as  the  agent  for  the  payment  of  workmen’s  compen¬ 
sation  under  chapter  244  of  the  General  Acts  of  1915 
shall  be  chargeable  to  the  appropriation  for  the  reserve 
fund.  [Approved  March  21,  1916. 


Ordinances  of  1916. 


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CHAPTER  3. 


Concerning  Certain  Items  of  City  Income. 

Section  six  of  chapter  six  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1914  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  in  the  last  three 
lines  of  said  section  the  words  ‘  ^and  shall  add  such 
amount  to  the  several  appropriations  for  the  divisions 
furnishing  such  materials^  tools,  or  machinery,’’  and 
inserting  in  place  thereof  the  words  ^‘and  shall  credit 
such  amount  to  the  general  revenue  of  the  city,  unless 
such  materials,  tools  or  machinery  have  been  furnished 
by  the  water  service,  in  which  case  the  amount  charged 
shall  be  credited  to  the  water  income.” 

Section  one  of  chapter  twenty-eight  of  the  Revised 
Ordinances  of  1914,  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out 
in  lines  33,  34  and  35  of  said  section  the  words  ‘^all 
moneys  so  received  to  be  used  in  paying  the  expenses 
incurred  by  the  department  in  such  removal.” 

Section  nine  of  chapter  twenty-eight  of  the  Revised 
Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out 
of  said  section  the  last  paragraph,  which  reads  as  follows: 
‘‘All  amounts  paid  to  the  city  under  the  provisions  of 
this  section  shall  be  credited  to,  and  used  as  a  part  of, 
the  appropriation  for  the  public  works  department.” 

[Approved  March  28,  1916. 


CHAPTER  4. 


To  Prevent  Unnecessary  Noise  in  the  Vicinity  of 

Hospitals. 

Section  1.  The  commissioner  of  public  works  shall 
at  the  request  of  the  hospital  authorities,  place  and 
maintain  a  sign  or  signs  displaying  the  words, 
“Warning!  Hospital — Make  No  Noise”  at  such 
points  as  he  may  determine  on  public  streets  and 
places  in  the  vicinity  of  hospitals  accommodating 
more  than  fifty  patients.  No  foot  traveller,  driver  of 
a  vehicle,  motorman  of  a  street  car  or  operator  of  a 
motor  vehicle  shall  make  any  unnecessary  noise  in  the 
vicinity  of  such  hospitals  so  as  to  unreasonably  dis¬ 
turb  patients  therein. 


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Sect.  2.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  not  exceeding 
twenty  dollars  for  each  offence. 

Sect.  3.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  on  the  first 
day  of  June,  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen. 

[Approved  April  22 ,  1916. 


CHAPTER  5. 


Concerning  the  City  Planning  Department. 

Chapter  twelve  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914,  as 
amended  by  chapter  two  of  the  Ordinances  of  1915,  is 
hereby  further  amended  in  section  four  by  striking  out 
the  words  “five  thousand’’  and  inserting  in  place  thereof 
the  words  “seven  thousand  five  hundred,”  so  that  said 
section,  as  amended,  shall  read  as  follows; 

Section  4.  The  board  shall  serve  without  pay,  and 
may  expend  for  the  salary  of  its  secretary  and  for  such 
other  expenses  as  may  be  necessary  in  the  performance 
of  its  duties  a  sum  not  exceeding  seven  thousand  five 
hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

[Approved  August  3,  1916. 


CHAPTER  6.* 


Concerning  the  Salary  of  the  Chief  Officer  at 

THE  County  Jail. 

Chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is 
hereby  amended  in  section  six,  in  the  clause  establishing 
the  salary  of  the  chief  officer  connected  with  the  county 
jail,  by  striking  out  the  words  “eighteen  hundred 
dollars,”  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  words  “two 
thousand  dollars.”  [Approved  August  11,  1916. 


CHAPTER  7. 


Concerning  the  use  of  the  Sinking  Funds. 

Section  1.  Section  two  of  chapter  thirty-one  of  the 
Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby  amended  by 
striking  out  said  section  and  substituting  therefor  the 
following  new  section: 


*  Amended  by  Chapter  1,  Ordinances  of  1917. 


Ordinances  of  1916. 


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Sect.  2.  Whenever  the  amount  of  any  sinking  fund 
exceeds  the  entire  amount  of  the  debt  for  the  payment  of 
which  it  was  established,  the  commissioners  shall  use  the 
surplus  for  the  purchase  and  cancellation  of  any  out¬ 
standing  bonds  of  the  city;  and  whenever  the  amount 
of  any  sinking  fund  is  greater  than  is  required  with  its 
accumulations  to  meet  its  debt  at  maturity  the  surplus 
of  such  amount  may  be  used  by  the  commissioners  to 
obtain  and  cancel  any  part  of  such  debt.  The  proceeds 
of  all  sales  of  land  and  buildings,  other  than  school  lands, 
shall  be  applied  by  the  commissioners  to  the  reduction 
and  cancellation  of  any  part  of  any  outstanding  debt  of 
the  city.  [Approved  November  10,  1916. 


CHAPTER  8. 


Establishing  the  Municipal  Standard  and 

City  Flag. 

Section  1.  The  municipal  standard  of  the  city  of 
Boston,  which  is  hereby  established,  shall  be  made  of 
silk  of  the  colors  designated,  namely:  Continental 
blue  and  buff,  and  shall  be  five  feet  in  length  and  three 
and  one  half  feet  in  width,  or  in  proportion  thereto. 
Provided,  that  a  city  flag  of  like  design  and  colors  may 
be  made  of  bunting  for  outdoor  display,  the  size  of  such 
bunting  flag  to  depend  upon  the  place  of  display.  The 
body  of  the  standard  shall  be  blue,  as  specified,  with  the 
official  city  seal  embroidered  in  the  center;  and  two 
rings  of  white  shall  encircle  the  seal.  The  reverse  of 
the  municipal  standard  shall  bear  a  representation  of 
the  Trimountain.  The  city  flag  shall  have  no  reverse 
except  the  seal  showing  through  the  bunting,  the  seal 
to  be  painted  on  or  woven  in  the  fabric.  The  municipal 
standard  shall  have  a  fringe  of  Continental  buff;  the 
city  flag  to  be  without  fringe. 

Sect.  2.  The  colors  herein  specified  shall  be  the 
official  colors  for  the  city  of  Boston,  namely;  Continental 
blue  and  Continental  buff. 

Sect.  3.  The  city  flag  shall  be  displayed  on  City  Hall 
and  may  be  displayed  on  Boston  Common  on  occasions 
when  the  national  flag  is  ordered  displayed. 

Sect.  4.  The  municipal  standard  of  silk  may  be 
carried  or  displayed  in  parades,  at  reviews,  and  on  other 
official  occasions  when  the  mayor  is  present  and  when 


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directed  by  him.  Boston  organizations  may  have 
copies  of  the  municipal  standard  on  approval  by  the 
mayor. 

Sect.  5.  Neither  the  municiapl  standard  nor  the 
city  flag  nor  any  reproduction  shall  be  used  for  any 
commercial  purpose,  and  no  advertising  device  shall  be 
placed  upon  it  or  used  in  connection  with  it;  and  the 
municipal  flag  or  standard  shall  not  be  used  for  any 
purpose  not  authorized  by  this  ordinance,  except  with 
the  permission  of  the  mayor. 

Sect.  6.  Any  person  violating  any  provision  of  sec¬ 
tion  five  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine 
not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  each  offence,  and  not 
only  the  person  actually  doing  the  prohibited  thing, 
but  also  his  employer  and  every  other  person  concerned 
in  so  doing  shall  be  punished  by  such  fine. 

Sect.  7.  The  city  messenger  shall  be  custodian  of 
the  municipal  standard  and  of  the  city  flags  that  are  the 
property  of  the  city. 

Sect.  8.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its 
passage.  [Approved  January  30,  1917. 


Ordinances  of  1917. 


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ORDINANCES  OF  1917. 


CHAPTER  1.  * 


Concerning  the  Salaries  of  Officers  at  the 

County  Jail. 

Section  six  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1914,  as  amended  by  chapter  six  of  the  Ordinances  of 
1916,  is  hereby  further  amended  by  striking  out  the 
whole  of  said  section  and  inserting  in  place  thereof 
the  following: 

Sect.  6.  The  officers  of  the  county  of  Suffolk  shall 
be  paid  the  salaries  and  allowances  provided  by  law. 

'  The  officers  connected  with  the  county  jail  shall  be 
paid  annual  salaries  as  follows : 

The  chief  officer,  twenty-one  hundred  dollars. 

The  physician  appointed  by  the  sheriff,  fifteen  hundred 
dollars. 

The  steward,  the  first  inside  officer  and  the  clerk, 
each  fourteen  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

The  second  and  third  inside  officers,  each  thirteen 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

The  other  regularly  employed  officers,  each  thirteen 
hundred  dollars. 

The  watchmen  and  other  necessary  assistants,  each 
twelve  hundred  dollars.  [Approved  June  12,  1917. 


CHAPTER  2.t 


/ 

Concerning  Removal  of  Refuse. 

Section  1.  Section  one  of  chapter  twenty-eight  of 
the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914,  as  amended  by  chapter 
three  of  the  Ordinances  of  1916,  is  hereby  further 
amended  by  inserting  after  the  word  watered  in  the 
tenth  line  of  said  section,  the  following  words:  shall 


*  Amended  by  Chapter  2,  Ordinances  of  1918,  and  Chapter  5,  Ordinances  of  1919. 
t  Amended  by  Chapter  3,  Ordinances  of  1921. 


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remove  and  dispose  of  at  the  expense  of  the  public 
works  department,  all  refuse  from  buildings  occupied  by 
the  city  except  those  under  the  control  df  the  school 
committee.’’ 

Sect.  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  February  1, 
1918.  [Approved  July  2^,  19.17, 


CHAPTER  3.* 


Establishing  the  Budget  Department. 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  a  budget  department 
under  the  charge  of  a  budget  commissioner  who  shall, 
under  the  direction  of  the  mayor,  prepare  in  segregated 
form  the  annual  and  all  supplementary  budgets  to  be 
submitted  by  the  mayo’  to  the  city  council.  The  com¬ 
missioner  shall  further  prepare  under  the  direction  of 
the  mayor  the  form  of  estimate  sheets  to  be  used  by 
each  officer,  board,  commission  and  department,  and 
each  division  of  a  department,  for  which  the  city  appro¬ 
priates  money,  and  shall  also  prepare  the  form  of 
monthly  report  of  such  officer,  board,  commission  and 
department,  and  each  division  thereof,  showing  expendi¬ 
tures  to  date  of  all  appropriations  by  item.  The  com¬ 
missioner  shall  report  to  the  mayor  on  all  subsequent 
revisions  of  the  items  in  the  budget. 

Sect.  2.  Section  five  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised 
Ordinances  of  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen  is  hereby 
amended  by  inserting  after  the  clause  fixing  the  salaries 
of  the  assessors  the  following  words  —  The  budget 
commissioner,  five  thousand  dollars. 

[Approved  July  24,  1917. 


CHAPTER  4. 


Concerning  the  Hours  of  Labor  of  Firemen. 

Section  1.  Chapter  sixteen  of  the  Revised  Ordi¬ 
nances  of  1914  is  hereby  amended  in  section  one  by 
striking  out  the  whole  of  said  section,  and  inserting  in 
place  thereof  the  following:  Section  1.  The  fire  depart¬ 
ment  shall  be  under  the  charge  of  the  fire  commissioner, 
who  shall  exercise  the  powers  and  perform  the  duties 


*  Amended  by  Chapter  4,  Ordinances  of  1921. 


Ordinances  of  1917. 


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provided  by  statute;  and  shall  appoint  a  chief  of  depart¬ 
ment,  deputy  chiefs,  district  chiefs,  engineers  and  other 
firemen,  whose  hours  of  labor  for  the  city  shall  not 
exceed  two  days  out  of  three,  and  who  shall  be  allowed 
for  meals  during  the  two  days  on  duty  three  periods  of 
one  hour  each. 

Sect.  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  on  the  first 
day  of  February,  1918.  [Approved  August  22 ^  1917. 


CHAPTER  5. 


Concerning  the  Trade  of  Bootblacking. 

No  female  minor  sixteen  year's  of  age  or  over  shall 
engage  in  the  trade  of  bootblacking,  and  no  person  shall 
employ  any  such  female  minor  in  such  trade. 

[Approved  December  2Jf.j  1917. 


CHAPTER  6. 


Concerning  the  Salary  of  the  City  Clerk  and  of 
THE  Assistant  City  Clerk. 

Section  1.  Chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1914  is  hereby  amended  in  section  five,  in  the  clause 
establishing  the  salary  of  the  city  clerk  and  of  the 
assistant  city  clerk,  by  striking  out  the  words  ‘‘five 
thousand’’  and  inserting  in  place  the;reof  the  words 
“six  thousand,”  and  by  striking  out  the  words  “thirty- 
eight  hundred”  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  words 
“forty-five  hundred.” 

Sect.  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  beginning 
with  the  first  day  of  January,  1918. 

[Approved  December  SI,  1917. 


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ORDINANCES  OF  1918. 


CHAPTER  1. 


Concerning  Junk  and  Second-hand  Articles. 

Section  1.  Section  ninety  of  chapter  forty  of  the 
Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby  amended  by 
adding  after  the  word  person/’  in  the  eighth  line,  the 
words  ^^or  junk  collector.”  [Approved  April  17,  1918. 


CHAPTER  2.* 


Concerning  the  Salaries  of  Officers  at  the  County 

Jail. 

Section  six  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1914,  as  amended  by  chapter  six  of  the  Ordinances  of 
1916  and  chapter  one  of  the  Ordinances  of  1917,  is  hereby 
further  amended  by  striking  out  the  whole  of  said  section, 
and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following: 

Section  6.  The  officers  of  the  county  of  Suffolk  shall 
be  paid  the  salaries  and  allowances  provided  by  law. 

The  officers  connected  with  the  county  jail  shall  be 
paid  salaries,  as  follows: 

The  chief  officer,  twenty-one  hundred  dollars  per 
annum. 

The  physician  appointed  by  the  sheriff,  fifteen  hundred 
dollars  per  annum. 

The  steward,  the  first  inside  officer  and  the  clerk,  each 
fourteen  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  per  annum. 

The  second  and  third  inside  officers,  each  thirteen 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars  per  annum. 

The  other  regularly  employed  officers,  each  thirteen 
hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

The  assistant  clerk,  twelve  hundred  dollars  per 
annum. 

The  watchmen  and  other  necessary  assistants,  each 
twelve  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 


*  Amended  bj^  Chapter  5,  Ordinances  of  1919, 


Ordinances  of  1918. 


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The  watchman-engineer  in  charge,  thirty  dollars  per 
week. 

The  watchmen-engineers,  each  twenty-eight  dollars 
per  week.  [Approved  May  29,  1918, 


CHAPTER  3. 


Establishing  the  Transit  Department  of  the  City 

OF  Boston. 

Section  1.  The  transit  department  shall  be  under 
the  charge  of  a  board  of  three  commissioners,  appointed 
by  the  mayor,  for  the  term  of  one  year  each.  The 
chairman  shall  be  designated  by  the  mayor  and  shall 
receive  a  salary  of  five  thousand  dollars  a  year.  The 
other  members  shall  serve  without  pay.  The  board 
shall  appoint  a  secre^tary,  engineers,  subordinates  and 
employees,  define  their  powers  and  duties,  and  fix  the 
amount  of  their  compensation. 

Sect.  2.  The  board  shall  exercise  the  powers  and 
perform  the  duties  formerly  exercised  and  performed  by 
the  Boston  Transit  Commission,  as  defined  by  chapter 
185  of  the  special  acts  of  the  year  1918. 

[Approved  July  2,  1918. 


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ORDINANCES  OF  1919. 


CHAPTER  1.* 


Concerning  the  Salaries  of  the  Deputy  Sealers  of 

Weights  and  Measures. 

Section  1.  Chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1919  is  hereby  amended  in  section  five  in  the  clause 
establishing  the  salaries  of  the  deputy  sealers  of  weights 
and  measures,  by  striking  out  the  words  ‘‘sixteen 
hundred”  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  words 
“seventeen  hundred.” 

Sect.  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  beginning 
with  May  30,  1919.  [Ap'proved  June  10 ^  1919. 


CHAPTER  2. 


Consolidating  the  Wire  Department  with  the 

Fire  Department. 

Section  1.  The  wire  department  is  hereby  consoli¬ 
dated  with  and  made  a  part  of  the  fire  department,  and 
the  subordinates  and  employees  of  the  wire  department 
are  hereby  transferred  to  the  wire  division  of  the  fire 
department  hereinafter  created.  The  fire  commissioner 
shall  exercise  the  powers  and  perform  the  duties  con¬ 
ferred  and  imposed  by  law  upon  the  wire  commissioner. 
The  powers,  duties  and  appropriations  of  the  wire 
department  are  hereby  transferred  to  the  fire 
department. 

Sect.  2.  The  fire  commissioner  shall  establish  in  the 
fire  department  a  division  to  be  known  as  the  wire 
division,  and  the  wire  division  shall  be  in  charge  of  a 
deputy  appointed  by  the  fire  commissioner,  who  under 
the  direction  of  the  fire  commissioner  shall  carry  out  the 
provisions  and  requirements  of  law  relating  to  wires  and 
electrical  appliances  and  the  inspection  of  wires  in  the 
city  of  Boston.  The  salary  of  the  deputy  shall  be  fixed 
by  the  fire  commissioner,  subject  to  the  appro^^l  of  the 
mayor. 


*  Amended  by  Chapter  2,  Ordinances  of  1920. 


Ordinances  of  1919. 


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Sect.  3.  The  hours  of  labor  prescribed  for,  and  the 
periods  for  meals  allowed  to,  firemen  under  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  chapter  sixteen  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1914,  as  amended  by  chapter  four  of  the  Ordinances  of 
1917,  shall  not  apply  to  the  deputy,  subordinates  and 
employees  of  the  wire  division  of  the  fire  department 
herein  created. 

Sect.  4.  Chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1914  is  hereby  amended  in  section  five  in  the  clause 
establishing  the  salary  of  the  fire  commissioner  by 
striking  out  the  w^ords  ‘‘five  thousand^’  and  inserting  in 
place  thereof  the  words  “seventy-five  hundred.’^ 

Sect.  5.  Chapter  thirty-eight  of  the  Revised  Ordi¬ 
nances  of  1914  is  hereby  repealed. 

[Approved  June  10,  1919. 


CHAPTER  3.* 


Concerning  the  Licensing  and  Regulation  of 

Jitneys. 

Section  1.  No  person,  firm  or  corporation  S'hall 
engage  in  the  business  of  operating  a  niotor  vehicle  or 
motor  vehicles,  except  trackless  trolley  vehicles,  so  called, 
upon  any  public  street  or  way  in  the  city  of  Boston  for 
the  carriage  of  passengers  for  hire  in  such  manner  as  to 
afford  a  means  of  transportation  similar  to  that  afforded 
by  a  street  railway,  without  first  obtaining  from  the 
city  council  a  license  to  engage  in  such  business,  and 
unless  such  license  is  in  force  according  to  the  provisions 
of  and  subject  to  this  ordinance.  Such  license  shall 
remain  in  force  until  revoked  by  order  of  the  city  coun¬ 
cil.  The  fee  for  such  license  shall  be  five  dollars. 
Wherever  the  word  “licensee’’  is  used  in  this  ordinance 
it  shall  mean  the  person,  firm,  or  corporation  licensed  • 
under  this  section. 

Sect.  2.  No  licensee  shall  so  operate  any  such  motor 
vehicle  except  between  such  termini  and  over  such 
route  and  with  such  stopping  places  as  shall  be  speci¬ 
fied  by  the  city  council  in  the  license  granted  under  the 
provisions  of  section  one,  and,  except  in  case  of  emer¬ 
gency,  the  licensee  shall  not  deviate  from  the  specifica¬ 
tions  of  said  license  without  the  approval  of  the  city 
council. 

*  Amended  by  Chapter  4,  Ordinances  of  1919,  and  Chapter  4,  Ordinances  of  1920,  and 
re-enacted  by  Chapter  6,  Ordinances  of  1921. 


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Sect.  3.  No  licensee  shall  charge,  demand,  collect 
or  receive  a  greater,  or  less,  or  different  compensation 
for  the  transportation  of  passengers  or  for  any  service 
in  connection  therewith,  than  the  rates,  fares  and 
charges  applicable  to  such  transportation  as  specified 
in  the  license  granted  by  the  city  council. 

Sect,  4.  No  such  license  shall  be  issued  or  become 
operative  until  the  licensee  shall  have  filed  with  the 
city  clerk  a  bond  of  a  surety  company  approved  by 
the  city  treasurer,  conditioned  to  pay  any  final  judg¬ 
ment  against  the  principal  named  therein  for  any 
injury  to  person  or  property,  or  damage  for  causing  the 
death  of  any  person,  by  reason  of  any  negligence  or 
unlawful  act  on  the  part  of  the  principal  named  in  said 
bond,  his  or  its  agents,  employees  or  drivers,  in  the  use 
or  operation  of  any  such  vehicle.  The  bond  shall  be 
in  a  sum  sufficient  to  cover  each  and  every  vehicle  oper¬ 
ated  by  the  licensee  in  accordance  with  the  following 
schedule : 

For  a  vehicle  having  a  seating  capacity  of  five  persons 
or  less  —  $5,000. 

Fo^  a  vehicle  having  a  seating  capacity  of  six  or  more 
persons  . —  $5,000  and  $500  additional  for  each  passenger 
seat  in  excess  of  five. 

Provided,  however,  that  a  bond  of  $25,000  shall  be 
deemed  sufficient  to  cover  all  the  vehicles  operated  by 
any  one  licensee. 

Sect.  5.  No  person  shall  drive,  operate,  or  be  in 
charge  of  any  such  motor  vehicle  in  any  public  street, 
way,  or  place,  without  first  obtaining,  in  addition  to  the 
chauffeur’s  license  issued  by  the  Massachusetts  High¬ 
way  Comniission,  a  special  annual  license  from  the 
police  commissioner  for  the  city  of  Boston,  and  unless 
both  of  said  licenses  are  in  force.  The  special  license 
granted  by  the  police  commissioner  shall  be  upon  such 
terms  and  conditions  as  the  police  commissioner  may 
deem  proper  to  impose  and  shall  be  granted  only  to  a 
person  licensed  under  section  one  of  this  ordinance  or  to 
an  employee  of  a  person,  firm  or  corporation  so  licensed. 

Sect.  6.  No  licensee  shall  operate  by  himself  or  by 
his  agents  or  employees  any  such  motor  vehicle  unless 
it  has  been  inspected  and  licensed  annually  by  the  police 
commissioner  for  the  city  of  Boston.  The  fee  for  such 
license  shall  be  five  dollars  for  each  vehicle. 

Sect.  7.  Every  licensee  shall  file  with  the  police 
commissioner  for  the  city  of  Boston: 


Ordinances  of  1919. 


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(a)  A  schedule  of  operation  in  conformity  with 
section  twelve  hereof,  showing  the  effective  date  thereof, 
the  time  of  arrival  and  departure  from  and  at  all 
termini,  and  the  time  of  departure  from  important 
intermediate  points. 

(b)  A  schedule  or  tariff  showing  the  passenger  fares 
to  be  charged  under  the  license  granted  by  the  city 
council  between  the  several  points  or  localities  and  the 
principal  intermediate  points  to  be  served. 

(c)  The  seating  capacity,  according  to  its  trade 
rating,  of  each  motor  vehicle  which  it  is  proposed  to 
operate. 

If  the  motor  vehicle  has  been  adopted  for  use  as  a 
bus  either  by  converting  a  freight-carrying  truck  into  a 
passenger-carrying  vehicle,  or  by  reconstructing,  modi¬ 
fying  or  adding  to  the  body  or  seating  arrangements  of 
a  passenger-carrying  motor  vehicle,  a  statement  of  the 
seating  capacity  shall  be  added. 

Sect.  8.  No  such  motor  vehicle  shall  be  used  or 
operated  without  a  printed  sign  thereon  stating  the 
termini  of  the  route,  the  fare  to  be  charged,  and  the 
license  number,  which  sign  shall  be  so  printed  and 
attached  to  the  motor  vehicle  as  to  be  plainly  visible  to 
persons  on  the  street,  or  without  a  printed  sign  thereon 
showing  the  schedule  of  service  filed  and  in  effect  at  the 
time,  which  sign  shall  be  so  printed  and  attached  to  the 
said  motor  vehicle  as  to  be  plainly  visible  to  passengers 
boarding  such  motor  vehicle. 

Sect.  9.  The  license  issued  for  such  motor  vehicle 
shall  designate  the  number  of  passengers,  exclusive  of 
the  operator,  the  licensee  is  authorized  to  carry  in  said 
vehicle,  and  no  person  driving  or  in  charge  of  said  vehicle 
shall  take  on  or  suffer  or  permit  any  more  persons  to 
ride  or  to  be  carried  thereon  at  any  time  than  the 
number  designated  in  the  license,  or  permit  any  person 
to  stand  inside  or  to  stand  or  sit  upon  any  running  board, 
steps,  fender,  dash  or  hood  thereof,  or  permit  any  person 
to  ride  on  such  motor  vehicle  outside  the  body  thereof; 
provided,  however,  that  in  addition  to  the  number  of 
passengers  which  said  motor  vehicle  by  the  terms  of  its 
license  is  permitted  to  carry,  children  under  seven  years 
of  age  may  be  carried  therein,  in  arms,  or  seated  on  the 
laps  of  adult  persons  accompanying  them,  but  no  passen¬ 
ger  with  a  child  in  arms  or  seated  on  the  lap  shall  be 
permitted  on  any  front  seat  of  the  vehicle. 

S^CT.  10.  The  licensee  shall  not  reconstruct,  mate- 


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rially  alter,  modify,  or  add  to  the  body  or  seating 
arrangements  of  any  such  motor  vehicle  after  the  license 
thereof  is  issued,  without  first  applying  for  and  receiving 
the  consent  of  the  police  commissioner  for  the  city  of 
Boston. 

Sect.  11.  No  license  for  such  motor  vehicle  shall  be 
transferable  or  applicable  to  any  other  motor  vehicle 
than  that  specified  therein,  provided,  however,  that  the 
police  commissioner  may  revise  said  license  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  so  that  under  said 
license  as  revised  another  motor  vehicle  may  be  substi¬ 
tuted  for  one  previously  covered. 

Sect.  12.  The  schedule  of  operation  filed  by  the 
licensee  with  his  application  for  said  license  shall  provide 
for  the  regular  operation  of  a  motor  vehicle  between  the 
termini  and  over  the  route  designated  in  the  license. 
The  licensee  shall  regularly  operate  a  motor  vehicle  in 
substantial  accordance  with  the  schedule  of  operation 
filed  and  in  effect  at  the  time,  except  in  cases  of  accidents, 
breakdowns,  or  other  controlling  emergency,  shall  oper¬ 
ate  such  motor  vehicle  to  the  terminus  of  the  route 
before  turning  around,  and  shall  not  operate  nor  permit 
to  be  operated  any  such  motor  vehicle  off  or  away  from 
the  route  stated  and  fixed  in  the  license  for  the  opera¬ 
tion  of  such  motor  vehicle  except  in  case  of  control¬ 
ling  emergency.  Nothing  herein  shall  be  construed 
to  prohibit  the  operation,  in  addition  to  the  service 
described  in  the  schedule  on  file  and  in  effect  at  the  time, 
of  special  or  extra  trips  over  said  route  and  between  said 
termini  during  certain  hours  or  on  special  occasions. 

Sect.  13.  No  person  operating  any  motor  vehicle 
so  licensed  shall  refuse  to  carry  any  person  offering 
himself  or  herself  at  any  regular  stopping  place  for 
carriage,  unless  the  seats  of  such  vehicle  are  fully 
occupied,  or  unless  such  person  is  in  an  intoxicated 
condition,  or  conducting  himself  in  a  boisterous  or 
disorderly  manner,  or  is  using  profane  language. 

Sect.  14.  No  motor  vehicle  so  licensed  shall  be  oper¬ 
ated  from  one-half  hour  after  sunset  till  one-half  hour 
before  sunrise,  with  the  top  and  curtains  of  said  vehicle 
up,  or  while  said  vehicle  is  otherwise  enclosed,  unless 
there  be  sufficient  light  provided  to  adequately  light 
the  whole  of  the  interior  of  said  vehicle;  and  all  motor 
vehicles  so  licensed  with  a  seating  capacity  of  more 
than  seven  passengers  shall  come  to  a  full  stop  immedi¬ 
ately  before  crossing  the  tracks  of  any  railroad  at  grade. 


Ordinances  of  1919. 


21 


Sect.  15.  Every  such  motor  vehicle  shall  be  equipped 
with  a  suitable  horn  or  other  similar  warning  device, 
with  a  standard  speedometer,  and  with  a  liquid  fire 
extinguisher  of  a  design  or  type  approved  by  the  police 
commissioner,  and  such  horn,  speedometer  and  fire 
extinguisher  shall  be  kept  in  satisfactory  operating 
condition  at  all  times.  Every  such  motor  vehicle  shall, 
when  leaving  either  terminus,  be  equipped  with  at 
least  one  extra  serviceable  tire,  and  shall  at  all  times 
carry  and  maintain  in  good  working  order  a  set  of  skid 
chains,  which  shall  be  applied  to  the  rear  wheels  when 
such  vehicle  is  operated  in  any  street  or  public  place 
where  there  is  snow  or  ice,  or  during  other  weather 
conditions  when  the  applications  of  such  chains  is  neces¬ 
sary  to  prevent  skidding. 

Sect.  16.  No  person  operating  any  motor  vehicle 
so  licensed  shall  collect  fares,  make  change  or  take  on 
or  discharge  passengers  while  such  vehicle  is  in  motion; 
nor  shall  he  have  a  lighted  cigarette,  cigar  or  pipe  in 
his  possession  while  any  passenger  is  being  carried 
therein,  nor  drink  any  intoxicating  beverage  or  use 
morphine,  cocaine,  opium  or  other  harmful  drug  of 
any  kind,  or  be  under  the  influence  thereof  while  engaged 
in  operating  such  vehicle. 

Sect.  17.  Every  licensee  shall  immediately  report 
fully,  in  writing,  to  the  city  clerk  the  time,  place,  and 
cause  of  any  fatal  accident  or  any  injury  to  a  passenger 
or  other  person,  and  of  any  accident  resulting  in  sub¬ 
stantial  damage  to  property,  in  which  he  or  any  motor 
vehicle  or  operator  under  his  control  is  involved. 

Sect.  18.  The  police  commissioner  for  the  city  of 
Boston  may  suspend  or  revoke  any  license  granted  for 
such  motor  vehicle,  and  any  license  issued  by  him  to 
any  person  to  drive  or  operate  such  vehicles,  for  viola¬ 
tion  of  any  law  of  the  commonwealth  in  relation  to  the 
operation  of  motor  vehicles,  or  for  violation  of  any 
ordinance  or  street  traffic  regulation,  or  for  violation 
of  any  of  the  rules,  restrictions,  requirements  or  regu¬ 
lations  herein  prescribed,  or  for  any  other  cause  deemed 
by  said  police  commissioner,  in  the  exercise  of  reasonable 
discretion,  to  be  sufficient. 

Sect.  19.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  violating 
any  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  subject  to 
a  penalty  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sect.  20.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  on  and 
after  August  15,  1919.  [Approved  August  7,  1919. 


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CHAPTER  4. 


Concerning  the  Licensing  and  Regulation  of 

Jitneys. 

Chapter  three  of  the  Ordinances  of  1919,  concerning 
the  licensing  of  jitneys,  is  hereby  amended  by  striking 
out  section  seven,  and  by  striking  out  in  the  other 
sections  of  said  ordinance  the  words  ^The  police  com¬ 
missioner  for  the  city  of  Boston”  and  the  words  ‘The 
police  commissioner”  wherever  said  words  occur,  and 
inserting  in  place  thereof  the  words  “the  street  com¬ 
missioners.”  [Approved  September  17,  1919. 


CHAPTER  5.* 


Concerning  the  Salaries  of  Officers  at  the 

County  Jail. 

Section  six  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1914,  as  amended  by  chapter  six  of  the  Ordinances 
of  1916  and  chapter  one  of  the  Ordinances  of  1917  and 
chapter  two  of  the  Ordinances  of  1918,  is  hereby  further 
amended  by  striking  out  the  whole  of  said  section,  and 
inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following: 

Section  6.  The  officers  of  the  county  of  Suffolk 
shall  be  paid  the  salaries  and  allow^ances  provided  by  law. 

The  officers  connected  with  the  county  jail  shall  be 
paid  salaries,  as  follows: 

The  chief  officer,  twenty-three  hundred  and  ten 
dollars  per  annum. 

The  physician  appointed  by  the  sheriff,  sixteen 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars  per  annum. 

The  first  inside  officer  and  the  clerk,  each  fifteen 
hundred  and  ninety-five  dollars  per  annum. 

The  steward,  fifteen  hundred  and  seventy  dollars  per 
annum. 

The  second,  third  and  fourth  inside  officers,  each 
fourteen  hundred  dollar^  per  annum. 

The  other  regularly  employed  officers,  each  fourteen 
hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

The  assistant  clerk,  twelve  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 


*  Amended  by  Chapters  3  and  5  of  the  Ordinances  of  1920. 


Ordinances  of  1919. 


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The  watchman  and  other  necessary  assistants,  each 
thirteen  hundred  and  twenty  dollars  per  annum. 

The  watchman-engineer  in  charge,  thirty-seven  dollars 
per  week. 

The  watchmen-engineers  operating,  thirty-three 
dollars  per  week.  [Approved  October  8,  1919. 


-  CHAPTER  6. 


Concerning  the  Salary  of  the  Superintendent  of 

Supplies. 

Chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is 
hereby  amended  in  section  five  in  the  clause  establish¬ 
ing  the  salary  of  the  superintendent  of  supplies  by 
striking  out  the  word  ^ Three”  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  word  ‘Tix.”  [Approved  January  SI,  1920. 


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ORDINANCES  OF  1920. 


CHAPTER  1. 


Concerning  the  Salaries  of  the  First  Assistant 

Assessors. 

Section  five  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordi¬ 
nances  of  1914,  as  amended  by  chapter  five  of  the  Or¬ 
dinances  of  1915,  is  hereby  further  amended  in  the 
clause  establishing  the  salaries  of  assessors  by  striking 
out  the  words  ‘Ahe  first  assistant  assessors,  each  six 
hundred  dollars  for  street  work  and  preparation  there¬ 
for,  and  six  hundred  dollars  for  services  on  dooming 
board  and  for  work  on  abatements  and  investigation,” 
and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following:  t^The  first 
assistant  assessors,  each  seven  hundred  and  fifty  dollars 
for  street  work  and  preparation  therefor,  and  seven 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars  for  services  on  dooming  board 
and  for  work  on  abatements  and  investigations.’^ 

This  ordinances  shall  take  effect  April  1,  1920. 

[Approved  April  I4,  1920. 


CHAPTER  2. 


Concerning  the  Salaries  of  the  Deputy  Sealers 
OF  Weights  and  Measures. 

Section  1.  Chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1914  is  hereby  amended  in  section  five  by  striking 
out  the  clause  establishing  the  salaries  of  the  sealers 
of  weights  and  measures  and  substituting  the  following 
clause:  The  sealer  of  weights  and  measures,  three 
thousand  dollars,  and  the  twelve  deputy  sealers  of 
vneights  and  measures  each  such  salary  not  exceeding 
nineteen  hundred  dollars  and  not  less  than  sixteen 
hundred  dollars  as  may  be  fixed  by  the  sealer  of  weights 
and  measures  with  the  approval  of  the  mayor. 

81ECT.  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  beginning 
with  April  2,  1920.  [Approved  April  1/}.,  1920. 


Ordinances  of  1920. 


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CHAPTER  3.* 


Concerning  the  Salaries  of  Officers  at  the  County 

Jail. 

Section  six  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1914,  as  amended  by  chapter  six  of  the  Ordinances  of 
1916,  and  chapter  one  of  the  Ordinances  of  1917,  and 
chapter  two  of  the  ordinances  of  1918,  and  chapter  five 
of  the  Ordinances  of  1919,  is  hereby  further  amended 
by  striking  out  the  whole  of  said  section  and  inserting 
in  place  thereof  the  following: 

Sect.  6.  The  officers  of  the  county  of  Suffolk  shall 
be  paid  the  salaries  and  allowances  provided  by  law. 

The  officers  connected  with  the  county  jail  shall  be 
paid  salaries,  as  follows: 

The  chief  officer,  twenty-five  hundred  dollars  per 
annum. 

The  physician  appointed  by  the  sheriff,  eighteen 
hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

The  chief  clerk,  seventeen  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

The  assistant  clerk,  fourteen  hundred  dollars  per 
annum. 

The  first  inside  officer,  eighteen  hundred  dollars  per 
annum. 

The  steward,  eighteen  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

The  second,  third  and  fourth  inside  officers,  each 
sixteen  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

The  five  regularly  employed  officers,  each  sixteen 
hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

All  other  officers  and  necessary  assistants,  each  fifteen 
hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

The  watchman-engineer  in  charge,  forty  dollars  per 
week. 

The  watchmen-engineers  operating,  thirty-six  dollars 
per  week. 

The  matron,  one  thousand  dollars  per  annum. 

The  first  assistant  matron,  nine  hundred  dollars  per 
annum. 

The  five  assistant  matrons,  each  seven  hundred  dollars 
per  annum. 

Two  chaplains,  each  six  hundred  and  sixty  dollars 
per  annum. 

One  chaplain,  two  hundred  and  sixty-four  dollars  per 
annum.  [Approved  April  14,  1920, 


’  Amended  by  Chapter  5,  Ordinances  of  1920. 


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CHAPTER  4.* 


Concerning  the  Licensing  and  Regulation  of 

Jitneys. 

Section  four  of  chapter  three  of  the  Ordinances  of 
1919  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  said  section  and 
substituting  the  following: 

Sect.  4.  No  such  license  shall  be  issued  or  become 
operative  until  the  licensee  s^hall  have  filed  with  the 
city  clerk  either  a  bond  of  a  surety  company  approved 
by  the  city  treasurer,  conditioned  to  pay  any  final 
judgment  against  the  principal  named  therein  for  any 
injury  to  person  or  property,  or  damage  for  causing  the 
death  of  any  person,  by  reason  of  any  negligence  or 
unlawful  act  on  the  part  of  the  principal  named  in 
said  bond,  his  or  its  agents,  employees  or  drivers,  in 
the  use  or  operation  of  any  such  vehicle,  or  an  automobile 
liability  insurance  policy  of  the  commercial  type, 
accompanied  by  a  bond  with  surety  approved  by  the 
city  treasurer,  conditioned  to  mak^e  payment  as  required 
by  such  policy  even  though  the  insurance  company 
receives  no  notice  or  information  of  the  accident  causing 
the  damage  or  injury  from  the  assured,  his  employees, 
agents  or  servants.  The  bond,  or  the  insurance  policy 
and  the  bond  accompanying  such  policy,  shall  be  in  a 
sufficient  sum  to  cover  each  and  every  vehicle  operated 
by  the  licensee  in  accordance  with  the  following  schedule: 

For  a  vehicle  having  a  seating  capacity  of  five  persons 
or  less  —  $5,000. 

For  a  vehicle  having  a  seating  capacity  of  six  or  more 
persons  —  $5,000  and  $500  additional  for  each  passenger 
seat  in  excess  of  five. 

Provided,  however,  that  a  bond,  or  an  insurance  policy 
and  bond,  of  $25,000  shall  be  deemed  sufficient  to  cover 
all  the  vehicles  operated  by  any  one  licensee. 

[Approved  April  I4,  1920. 


CHAPTER  5. 


Concerning  the  Salaries  of  Officers  at  the 

County  Jail. 

Chapter  three  of  the  Ordinances  of  1920,  relative  to 
the  salaries  of  officers  at  the  County  Jail,  is  hereby 


*  Rc-enacted  in  Chapter  6,  Ordinances  of  1921. 


Ordinances  of  1920. 


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amended  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof  the  following 
words:  ^‘This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  April  1,  1920.” 

[A'pproved  May  6,  1920. 


CHAPTER  6. 


Concerning  Sweeping  of  Sidewalks. 

Chapter  forty  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is 
hereby  amended  in  section  forty  by  adding  at  the  end 
of  said  section  the  following  words: 

Nor  shall  any  person  between  the  hours  of  eight  o’clock 
a.  m.  and  seven  o’clock  p.  m.,  in  that  portion  of  the  city 
proper  lying  north  and  east  of  Kneeland,  Eliot,  Charles, 
Beacon,  Bowdoin,  Green  and  Leverett  streets,  sweep 
any  sidewalk  unless  such  sidewalk  is  in  such  condition 
that  dust  will  not  be  raised  by  such  sweeping. 

[Ap'proved  June  16,  1920. 


CHAPTER  7. 


Establishing  the  Institutions  Department. 

Section  1.  The  Penal  Institutions  Department,  the 
Boston  Infirmary  Department,  the  Children’s  Institu¬ 
tions  Department  and  the  Institutions  Registration 
Department  are  hereby  abolished.  All  the  rights, 
powers,  duties  and  obligations  of  the  said  departments 
and  of  any  officer,  board  or  member  thereof,  are  hereby 
transferred  to  and  shall  hereafter  be  exercised  and  per¬ 
formed  by  the  Institutions  Department  established  by 
this  ordinance  which  shall  be  the  lawful  successor  of  the 
said  departments.  All  employees  of  the  said  depart¬ 
ments  shall  as  temporary  appointees  of  the  Institutions 
Department  continue  to  perform  their  usual  duties 
upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  heretofore  until 
removed,  appointed  to  positions  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance,  or  transferred  to  other 
departments. 

Sect.  2.  The  Institutions  Department  shall  be  under 
the  supervision  and  control  of  a  commissioner  to  be 
known  as  the  Commissioner  of  Institutions  who  shall  be 
appointed  by  the  Mayor  in  accordance  with  the  pro¬ 
visions  governing  appointments  in  chapter  486  of  the 


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Acts  of  1909  and  acts  in  amendment  thereof,  and  who 
shall  receive  an  annual  salary  of  S7,500. 

Sect.  3.  The  Commissioner  shall  be  the  executive 
and  administrative  head  of  the  department,  and  may 
organize  said  department  in  such  divisions  as  he  may 
find  necessary  for  its  proper  conduct. 

Sect.  4.  The  Mayor,  subject  to  the  provisions  of 
Special  Acts  1919,  chapter  222,  section  2,  may  appoint, 
and  fix  the  compensation  of,  not  more  than  two  deputy 
commissioners,  who  shall  act  directly  under  the  Com¬ 
missioner  of  Institutions  and  perform  such  duties  as 
the  said  Commissioner  shall  direct. 

Sect.  5.  So  much  of  this  ordinance  as  relates  to  the 
appointment  of  the  Commissioner  of  Institutions  shall 
take  effect  upon  its  passage;  all  other  provisions  shall 
take  effect  when  such  appointment  becomes  operative. 
All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  inconsistent 
herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

[Approved  August  25,  1920. 


CHAPTER  8. 


Concerning  the  Salary  of  the  Soldiers’  Relief 

Commissioner. 

Section  1.  Chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen  is  hereby  amended  in 
section  five  in  the  clause  establishing  the  salary  of  the 
Soldiers’  Relief  Commissioner  by  striking  out  the  words 
^Thirty-five  hundred”  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the 
words  ‘^five  thousand.” 

Sect.  2.  The  salary  of  five  thousand  dollars  to  be 
received  by  John  E.  Gilman,  the  present  soldiers’  relief 
commissioner,  shall  be  so  allowed  from  August  first, 
nineteen  hundred  and  twenty. 

[Approved  August  25,  1920. 


CHAPTER  9. 


Concerning  the  Salary  of  the  Superintendent  of 

Printing. 

Chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914,  is 
hereby  amended  in  section  five,  in  the  clause  establishing 


Ordinances  of  1920. 


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the  salary  of  the  Superintendent  of  Printing,  by  striking 
out  the  words  ^‘four  thousand  dollars”  and  inserting  in 
place  thereof  the  words  ‘^five  thousand  dollars.” 

[Approved  September  8,  1920. 


CHAPTER  10.* 

Concerning  Fees  for  Builders’  Licenses. 

Section  1.  Section  8  of  chapter  8  of  the  Revised 
Ordinances  of  1914  is  hereby  amended  by  striking 
out  said  section  and  substituting  the  following: — 
Section  8.  The  board  shall  issue  a  license  to  each 
person  so  certified  by  the  board  to  the  building  com¬ 
missioner.  All  licenses  hereafter  issued,  or  issued  less 
than  one  year  prior  to  the  passage  of  this  ordinance, 
shall  expire  in  one  year  from  the  date  of  issuance;  and 
all  licenses  issued  more  than  one  year  prior  to  the  passage 
of  this  ordinance  shall  expire  on  the  date  in  the  year 
1921,  corresponding  to  the  date  in  the  year  of  issuance. 
The  board  may  renew  a  license  upon  any  expiration 
thereof,  for  the  further  period  of  one  year  from  the  date 
of  renewal,  with  or  without  re-examination,  as  the  board 
may  determine.  The  fees  to  be  paid  to  the  board  for 
such  licenses  and  renewals  shall  be  as  follows : 

New  license,  five  (5)  dollars;  and  each  yearly  renewal 
thereof  two  (2)  dollars. 

The  .first  renewal  of  a  license  heretofore  granted, 
five  (5)  dollars;  and  each  yearly  renewal  thereof  two 
(2)  dollars. 

Special  license,  one  (1)  dollar. 

The  fees  received  by  the  board  shall  be  paid  to  the 
city  collector  at  least  once  a  week. 

[Approved  September  22 ^  1920. 


CHAPTER  11. 


Concerning  Itinerant  Vendors’  Licenses. 

Section  1.  Every  itinerant  vendor,  whether  prin¬ 
cipal  or  agent,  authorized  by  state  license  to  do  business 
in  this  commonwealth,  before  making  any  sales  of 
goods,  wares  and  merchandise  in  the  city  of  Boston, 
shall  make  application  for  a  local  license  to  the  city 
clerk  stating  the  names,  residences  and  places  of  busi- 


*  See  Chapter  5,  Ordinances  of  1921. 


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ness  of  the  owners  or  parties  in  whose  interest  said 
business  is  conducted,  and  shall  at  the  same  time  file 
with  the  city  clerk  a  true  statement,  under  oath  of  the 
average  quantity  and  value  of  the  stock  of  goods,  wares, 
and  merchandise  kept  or  intended  to  be  kept  or  exposed 
by  him  for  sale.  The  city  clerk  shall  submit  said  state¬ 
ment  to  the  assessors  who  shall  forthwith  make  an 
examination  atid  valuation  of  such  goods,  wares  and 
merchandise  and  transmit  a  certificate  thereof  to  the 
city  clerk. 

Sect.  2.  Upon  the  payment  of  a  fee  equivalent  to 
the  taxes  assessable  under  the  last  preceding  tax  levy 
upon  an  amount  of  property  equal  to  the  valuation 
certified  by  the  board  of  assessors  as  provided  for  in 
section  one  of  this  ordinance,  the  city  clerk  shall  issue 
to  the  itinerant  vendor  a  license  authorizing  the  sale 
of  such  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  within  the  city 
of  Boston.  Such  license  shall  remain  in  force  so  long 
as  the  licensee  shall  continuously  keep  and  expose  for 
sale  in  the  City  of  Boston  such  stock  of  goods,  wares 
and  merchandise,  but  not  later  than  the  first  day  of 
May  following  its  date  of  issuance.  Every  itinerant 
vendor  licensed  under  this  ordinance  shall  also  execute 
a  bond  to  the  city  of  Boston  in  the  sum  of  S500  with  two 
sufficient  sureties,  conditioned  for  faithful  observance  of 
this  ordinance. 

Sect.  3.  Every  itinerant  vendor  who  is  granted  a 
license  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall 
exhibit  the  same  at  all  times,  while  in  force,  in  some 
conspicuous  part  of  the  place  of  business  for  which  it  is 
issued. 

Sect.  4.  The  term  ^ itinerant  vendor’’  for  the  pur¬ 
poses  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  the  same  as  defined  in 
sections  one  and  two  of  chapter  65  of  the  Revised  Laws 
of  Massachusetts  as  amended  by  chapter  120  of  the 
General  Acts  of  1916  and  chapter  237  of  the  General 
Acts  of  1917,  and  shall  include  any  person,  either  prin¬ 
cipal  or  agent,  who  engages  in  a  temporary  or  transient 
business  in  this  city,  and  who,  for  the  purpose  of  carry¬ 
ing  on  such  business,  hires,  leases  or  occupies  a  building 
or  structure  for  the  exhibition  and  sale  of  such  goods, 
wares  and  merchandise.  The  provisions  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance,  however,  shall  not  apply  to  sales  by  commercial 
travelers,  or  by  selling  agents  to  dealers  in  the  usual 
course  of  business,  nor  to  sales  of  goods,  wares  and 
merchandise  by  any  person,  either  principal  or  agent, 
who  engages  in  temporary  or  transient  business  within 


Ordinances  of  1920. 


31 


the  city  and  who  has  paid  taxes  upon  his  stock  in  trade 
during  the  current  year,  nor  to  hawkers  and  peddlers 
as  defined  by  the  laws  of  this  commonwealth  and  the 
ordinauces  of  the  city  of  Boston. 

Sect.  5.  Any  person,  association  or  corporation  who 
shall  engage  in  the  business  of  an  itinerant  vendor,  as 
herein  defined,  without  having  secured  a  license  for  that 
purpose  as  provided  in  this  ordinance,  or  neglects  or 
refuses  to  file  the  statement  described  in  section  one 
of  this  ordinance,  or  makes  a  false  or  fraudulent  repre¬ 
sentation  in  said  statement,  or  who  having  secured 
such  license,  shall  thereafter  fail  to  pay  the  sum  required 
herein,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  upon  con¬ 
viction  thereof  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  twenty 
dollars  for  each  day  during  which  such  goods,  wares  or 
merchandise  are  kept  or  exposed  for  sale. 

[Approved  September  22,  1920. 


CHAPTER  12. 


Concerning  the  Investment  of  Trust  Funds. 

Chapter  thirty-six  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1914  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  section  four 
in  said  chapter,  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the 
following: 

Section  4.  The  treasurer,  unless  the  donors  have 
otherwise  directed,  shall  receive  all  properties  given, 
devised  or  bequeathed  to,  or  deposited  with,  the  city 
for  any  specific  purpose,  and  shall  use  the  same,  or 
the  income  thereof,  as  designated  in  the  gift,  devise, 
bequest  or  deposit.  If  the  income  only  is  to  be  used, 
he  shall  hold  the  properties  as  permanent  funds.  He 
shall  invest  and  keep  invested  the  said  permanent 
funds  in  bonds,  notes  or  scrip  of  the  United  States  or 
of  the  commonwealth  or  of  any  city  or  town  within 
the  commonwealth,  or  in  mortgage  notes  secured  in 
each  case  by  a  first  mortgage  on  real  estate  used  for 
human  habitation  and  not  in  excess  of  fifty  per  cent  of 
the  assessed  valuation  of  such  real  estate.  For  the 
purpose  of  investment  and  reinvestment  he  shall  have 
power  from  time  to  time  in  his  discretion  to  sell  or 
exchange  any  of  the  securities  of  which  any  of  the  said 
permanent  funds  consist,  but  all  purchases,  exchanges 
and  sales  shall  be  with  the  written  approval  of  the 
mayor.  -  [Approved  October  27,  1920. 


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CHAPTER  13. 


Consolidating  the  Cemetery  Department  With 
THE  Park  and  Recreation  Department  and 
Changing  the  Name  of  the  Latter  Depart¬ 
ment  TO  THE  Park  Department. 

Section  1.  The  name  of  the  park  and  recreation 
department  is  hereby  changed  to  the  park  department 
and  the  title  of  the  commissioners  of  the  park  and 
recreation  department  is  hereby  changed  to  that  of 
park  commissioners. 

Sect.  2.  The  cemetery  department  is  hereby  con¬ 
solidated  with  the  park  department  and  placed  under 
the  charge  of  the  park  commissioners. 

Sect.  3.  The  park  commissioners  shall  exercise  the 
powers  and  perform  the  duties  now  provided  by  statute 
or  ordinance  to  be  exercised  and  performed  by  the 
trustees  of  the  cemetery  department  and  by  the  park 
and  recreation  commissioners. 

Sect.  4.  The  park  commissioners  shall  create  a 
division  to  be  known  as  the  cemetery  division  of  the 
park  department. 

Sect.  o.  Chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1914  is  hereby  amended  in  section  three  by  striking 
out  in  the  ninth  line  thereof  the  words  “the  cemetery 
department  secretary,  five  thousand  dollars”  and  by 
striking  out  in  the  twelfth  line  thereof  the  words  “and 
recreation,”  so  that  said  clause  shall  read  “the  park 
department  secretary,  three  thousand  dollars.”  Said 
chapter  three  is  further  amended  in  section  five  by 
striking  out  the  words  ‘  ‘  The  park  and  'recreation  com¬ 
missioners,  the  chairman  five  thousand  dollars  and  the 
deputy  commissioner  not  more  than  forty-two  hundred 
dollars”  and  by  inserting  in  place  thereof  a  new  clause, 
as  follows:  “The  park  commissioners,  the  chairman 
seven  thousand  dollars,  and  deputy  commissioner  not 
more  than  forty-two  hundred  dollars.” 

Sect.  6.  Chapter  two  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1914  is  hereby  amended  in  section  one  by  striking  out  in 
the  second  paragraph  thereof  the  words  “one  park  and 
recreation  commissioner,”  and  by  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  words  “one  park  commissioner”  and  by 
striking  out  in  the  seventh  paragraph  thereof  the  words 
“one  cemetery  trustee.” 


Ordinances  of  1920. 


33 


Sect.  7.  Chapter  twenty-four  of  the  Revised  Ordi¬ 
nances  of  1914  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the 
title  thereof  and  inserting  in  its  place  the  following: 
‘^park  department’’  and  by  striking  out  in  the  first  line 
of  section  one  the  words  ‘^and  recreation.  ”  Section pne 
is  further  amended  by  striking  out  in  the  seventh  line 
thereof  of  the  word  ^^five”  and  inserting  in  its  place  the 
word  ‘‘seven.”  Section  two  of  said  chapter  twenty- 
four  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  word  “and” 
in  the  fifth  line  thereof  and  inserting  in  its  place  a 
comma,  and  by  adding  at  the  end  of  said  section  the 
words  “and  the  trustees  of  the  cemetery  department.” 

Sect.  8.  Chapter  nine  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1914  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  title  thereof 
and  inserting  in  its  place  the  following:  “cemetery 
division  of  the  park  department”  and  by  striking  out 
section  one  and  inserting  in  its  place  the  following  new 
section : 

Section  1.  The  cemetery  division  of  the  park 
department  shall  be  under  the  charge  of  the  board  of 
park  commissioners  who  shall  exercise  the  powers  and 
perform  the  duties  provided  by  statute  for  the  cemetery 
department.  ” 

Sect.  9.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its 
passage.  [Approved  November  10,  1920. 


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ORDINANCES  OF  1921. 


CHAPTER  1. 


Concerning  the  Salaries  of  the  Building  Com¬ 
missioner,  Auditor,  Collector,  Treasurer, 
AND  Superintendent  of  Public  Buildings. 

Section  five  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordi¬ 
nances  of  1914  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out 
in  the  clause  establishing  the  salary  of  the  building 
commissioner  the  word  ‘‘five’’  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  word  ‘^six’’;  by  striking  out  in  the  clause 
establishing  the  salary  of  the  auditor  the  word  ^^six” 
and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  word  seven”;  by 
striking  out  in  the  clause  establishing  the  salary  of  the 
collector  the  word  ^‘five”  and  inserting  in  place  thereof 
the  word  ^^six”;  by  striking  out  in  the  clause  establish¬ 
ing  the  salary  of  the  treasurer  the  word  ^^five”  and  insert¬ 
ing  in  place  thereof  the  word  ‘^six”;  and  by  striking  out 
in  the  clause  establishing  the  salary  of  the  superintend¬ 
ent  of  public  buildings  the  word  ^Thirty-six”  and 
inserting  in  place  thereof  the  word  ‘Torty-five.” 

[Approved  April  21  y  1921. 


CHAPTER  2. 


Concerning  the  Bonding  of  Subordinates  in  the 

Treasury  Department. 

Section  one  of  chapter  thirty-six  of  the  Revised  Ordi¬ 
nances  of  1914  is  hereby  amended  by  inserting  after  the 
word  ‘Tach”  in  the  ninth  line,  the  words  ^Tnd  from  all 
other  permanent  employees  not  less  than  five  thousand 
dollars,”  so  that  said  section  one,  when  so  amended, 
shall  read  as  follows:  • 

Section  1.  The  treasury  department  shall  be  under 
the  charge  of  the  city  treasurer,  who  shall  require  from 
his  subordinates,  for  the  faithful  performance  of  their 
respective  duties  and  for  the  safe  custody  of  the  money 


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and  other  property  intrusted  to  them,  bonds  to  himself 
as  obligee,  with  sureties  satisfactory  to  the  mayor,  with 
penal  sums  as  follows,  namely:  from  the  cashier,  not  less 
than  twenty  thousand  dollars;  from  the  tellers  and 
paymasters,  not  less  than  ten  thousand  dollars  each; 
and  from  all  other  permanent  employees  not  less  than 
five  thousand  dollars ;  shall  receive,  receipt  for,  and  have 
the  care  and  custody  of,  the  current  funds  of  the  city 
from  the  time  the  same  shall  come  into  his  possession, 
and  also  of  all  money,  property,  and  securities  which 
may  come  into  his  possession  by  virtue  of  any  statute 
or  ordinance,  or  as  a  gift,  devise,  bequest,  or  deposit; 
may  deposit  any  portion  of  such  current  funds  in  such 
national  bank  or  banks  established  in  Boston,  or  such 
trust  company  or  companies  organized  under  the  laws  of 
Massachusetts  and  doing  a  banking  business  in  Boston, 
and  on  such  conditions  and  rates  of  interest,  as  he  shall 
deem  best,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  mayor,  pro¬ 
vided,  however,  that  the  amount  of  such  deposit  in  any 
bank  or  trust  company  shall  not  exceed  fifty  per  cent  of 
its  paid  up  capital;  shall,  with  the  mayor  and  city 
auditor,  sign  all  bonds  and  certificates  of  indebtedness 
issued  by  the  city,  shall  preserve  all  bids  for  loans  and 
papers  relating  thereto;  and  shall,  if  elected,  serve  as 
treasurer  of  the  board  of  sinking  funds  commissioners. 

[Approved  April  21,  1921. 


CHAPTER  3. 


Concerning  the  Removal  of  Refuse. 

Section  one  of  chapter  twenty-eight  of  the  Revised 
Ordinances  of  1914,  as  amended  by  chapter  three  of  the 
Ordinances  of  1916  and  chapter  two  of  the  Ordinances 
of  1917,  is  hereby  further  amended  by  striking  out  in 
the  twenty-eighth  and  twenty-ninth  lines  the  words 
grass,  garden  refuse,  leaves,^’  so  that  the  said  section, 
as  amended,  shall  read  as  follows : 

Section  1.  The  department  of  public  works  shall 
be  under  the  charge  of  the  commissioner  of  public 
works,  who  shall  be  a  civil  engineer  of  recognized  stand¬ 
ing  in  his  profession;  shall  construct  all  streets  and 
sewers;  shall  have  discretionary  power  as  to  the  grades, 
materials  and  other  particulars  of  construction  of  streets, 
sidewalks  and  sewers;  shall  have  charge  of  and  keep 


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clean  and  in  good  condition  and  repair  the  streets, 
all  sewer  systems  under  the  control  of  the  city  and  the 
catch-basins  in  the  streets  connected  with  the  sewers; 
shall  keep  the  streets  properly  watered;  shall  remove 
and  dispose  of,  at  the  expense  of  the  public  works  depart¬ 
ment,  all  refuse  from  buildings  occupied  by  the  city 
except  those  under  the  control  of  the  school  committee; 
shall  remove  and  dispose  of  the  following  classes  of 
refuse  from  dwelling  houses  and  from  housekeeping 
apartments  or  tenements,  when  it  is  placed  in  yards  or 
areas  so  as  to  be  easily  removed,  free  of  charge  to  the 
producers  of  such  refuse  and  to  the  owners  and  occupants 
of  such  dwelling  houses,  apartments  and  tenements,  viz., 
swill  and  kitchen  garbage,  dust  and  sweepings,  ashes 
from  fires  used  wholly  or  principally  for  heating  or 
cooking,  waste  paper,  cardboard,  string,  packing  mate¬ 
rial,  sticks,  rags,  waste  leather  and  rubber,  boxes, 
barrels,  broken  furniture  and  other  similar  light  or 
combustible  refuse;  tins,  bottles,  jars,  broken  glass, 
broken  crockery,  bones,  shells,  waste  or  broken  metals 
and  all  other  similar  heavy  or  incombustible  refuse. 
But  the  department  shall  not  be  required  to  take  any 
such  refuse  from  hotels,  apartment  hotels,  restaurants, 
shops,  stores,  or  from  any  other  building  whatever 
except  those  first  hereinbefore  enumerated  and  except 
buildings  occupied  by  the  city.  The  department  shall 
not  so  take  the  refuse  of  manufacturing  or  mercantile 
business,  or  dead  animals,  manure,  plaster,  building 
materials,  earth  or  stones  except  from  premises  occupied 
by  the  city,  but  the  department  may  take  and  dispose 
of  any  refuse  upon  payment  by  the  producer  thereof  to 
the  city  of  such  compensation  as  the  commissioner 
shall  from  time  to  time  prescribe.  The  commissioner 
shall,  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  each  month,  send  to  the 
city  auditor  detailed  bills  of  all  material,  tools  and 
machinery  furnished  by  either  of  the  divisions  of  the 
department  to  any  other  division  or  for  any  special  work. 

[Approved  April  27 ^  1921. 


CHAPTER  4. 


Concerning  the  Salary  of  the  Budget 

Commissioner. 

Section  five  of  chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1914,  as  amended  by  chapter  three  of  the  Ordinances 


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37 


of  1917,  is  hereby  amended  in  the  clause  establishing  the 
salary  of  the  budget  commissioner  by  striking  out  the 
words  ‘^five  thousand”  and  inserting  in  place  thereof 
the  words  ‘‘six  thousand.” 

[Approved  May  4,  1921. 


CHAPTER  5. 


Concerning  Control  of  Building  Operations. 

Chapter  8  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914,  as 
amended  by  chapter  10  of  the  Ordinances  of  1920,  is 
hereby  further  amended  by  striking  out  section  5,  and 
inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following: 

Section  5.  All  work  of  construction,  alteration,  re¬ 
moval  or  tearing  down  of  buildings  or  structures  in  the 
city  of  Boston  shall,  hereafter,  be  under  the  charge,  con¬ 
trol  and  personal  supervision  of  a  licensed  mechanic, 
qualified  by  education,  training  or  experience  for  the 
performance  of  that  duty  in  a  manner  which  shall  pre¬ 
serve  public  safety  and  conform  to  the  laws,  ordinances, 
rules  and  regulations  relating  to  the  construction,  altera¬ 
tion,  removal  or  tearing  down  of  buildings  and  struc¬ 
tures  in  the  city  of  Boston. 

[Approved  October  5,  1921. 


CHAPTER  6. 


Concerning  the  Licensing  and  Regulation  of 

Jitneys. 

Section  1.  No  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall 
engage  in  the  business  of  operating  a  motor  vehicle  or 
motor  vehicles,  except  trackless  trolley  vehicles,  so 
called,  upon  any  public  street  or  way  in  the  city  of  Boston 
for  the  carriage  of  passengers  for  hire  in  such  manner  as 
to  afford  a  means  of  transportation  similar  to  that 
afforded  by  a  street  railway,  without  first  obtaining 
from  the  city  council  a  license  to  engage  in  such  business, 
and  unless  such  license  is  in  force  according  to  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  and  subject  to  this  ordinance.  Such  license 
shall  remain  in  force  until  revoked  by  order  of  the  city 
council.  The  fee  for  such  license  shall  be  five  dollars. 


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Wherever  the  word  ^‘licensee’’  is  use^J  in  this  ordinance 
it  shall  mean  the  person,  firm  or  corporation  licensed 
under  this  section. 

Sect.  2.  No  licensee  shall  so  operate  any  such 
motor  vehicle  except  between  such  termini  and  over 
such  route  and  with  such  stopping  places  as  shall  be 
specified  by  the  city  council  in  the  license  granted  under 
the  provisions  of  section  one,  and,  except  in  case  of 
emergency,  the  licensee  shall  not  deviate  from  the 
specifications  of  said  license  without  the  approval  of  the 
city  council. 

Sect.  3.  No  licensee  shall  charge,  demand,  collect 
or  receive  a  greater,  or  less,  or  different  compensation 
for  the  transportation  of  passengers  or  for  any  service 
in  connection  therewith,  than  the  rates,  fares  and 
charges  applicable  to  such  transportation  as  specified 
in  the  license  granted  by  the  city  council. 

Sect.  4.  No  such  license  shall  be  issued  or  become 
operative  until  the  licensee  shall  have  filed  with  the  city 
clerk  either  a  bond  of  a  suret}^  company  approved  by  the 
city  treasurer,  conditioned  to  pay  any  final  judgment 
against  the  principal  named  therein  for  any  injury  to 
person  or  property,  or  damage  for  causing  the  death  of 
any  person,  by  reason  of  any  negligence  or  unlawful  act 
on  the  part  of  the  principal  named  in  said  bond,  his  or 
its  agents,  employees  or  drivers,  in  the  use  or  operation 
of  any  such  vehicle,  or  an  automobile  liability  insurance 
policy  of  the  commercial  type,  accompanied  by  a  bond 
with  surety  approved  by  the  city  treasurer,  conditioned 
to  make  •  payment  as  required  by  such  policy  even 
though  the  insurance  company  receives  no  notice  or 
information  of  the  accidept  causing  the  damage  or 
injury  from  the  assured,  his  employees,  agents  or  serv¬ 
ants.  •  The  bond,  or  the  insurance  policy  and  the  bond 
accompanying  such  policy,  shall  be  in  a  sufficient  sum 
to  cover  each  and  every  vehicle  operated  by  the  licensee 
in  accordance  with  the  following  schedule: 

For  a  vehicle  having  a  seating  capacity  of  five  persons 
or  less  —  $5,000. 

For  a  vehicle  having  a  seating  capacity  of  six  or  more 
persons  —  $5,000  and  $500  additional  for  each  passenger 
seat  in  excess  of  five. 

Provided,  however,  that  a  bond,  or  an  insurance  policy 
and  bond,  of  $25,000  shall  be  deemed  sufficient  to  cover 
all  the  vehicles  operated  by  any  one  licensee. 

Sect.  5.  No  person  shall  drive,  operate,  or  be  in 


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charge  of  any  such  motor  vehicle  in  any  public  street, 
way,  or  place,  without  first  obtaining,  in  addition  to  the 
chauffeur’s  license  issued  by  the  Massachusetts  Depart¬ 
ment  of  Public  Works,  a  special  annual  license  from  the 
street  commissioners,  and  unless  both  of  said  licenses 
are  in  force.  The  special  license  granted  by  the  street 
commissioners  shall  be  upon  such  terms  and  conditions 
as  the  street  commissioners  may  deem  proper  to  impose 
and  shall  be  granted  only  to  a  person  licensed  under 
section  one  of  this  ordinance  or  to  an  employee  of  a 
person,  firm  or  corporation  so  licensed. 

Sect.  6.  No  licensee  shall  operate  by  himself  or  by 
his  agents  or  employees  any  such  motor  vehicle  unless 
it  has  been  inspected  and  licensed  annually  by  the  street 
commissioners.  The  fee  for  such  license  shall  be  five 
dollars  for  each  vehicle. 

Sect.  7.  Every  licensee  shall  file  with  the  street 
commissioners : 

(a.)  A  schedule  of  operation  in  conformity  with 
section  twelve  hereof,  showing  the  effective  date  thereof, 
the  time  of  arrival  and  departure  from  and  at  all  termini, 
and  the  time  of  departure  from  important  intermediate 
points. 

(6.)  A  schedule  or  tariff  showing  the  passenger  fares 
to  be  charged  under  the  license  granted  by  the  city 
council  between  the  several  points  or  localities  and  the 
principal  intermediate  points  to  be  served. 

(c.)  The  seating  capacity,  according  to  its  trade 
rating,  of  each  motor  vehicle  which  it  is  proposed  to 
operate. 

If  the  motor  vehicle  has  been  adapted  for  use  as  a  bus 
either  by  converting  a  freight-carrying  truck  into  a 
passenger-carrying'  vehicle,  or  by  reconstructing,  modi¬ 
fying  or  adding  to  the  body  or  seating  arrangements 
of  a  passenger-carrying  motor  vehicle,  a  statement  of 
the  seating  capacity  shall  be  added. 

Sect.  8.  No  such  motor  vehicle  shall  be  used  or 
operated  without  a  printed  sign  thereon  stating  the 
termini  of  the  route,  the  fare  to  be  charged,  and  the 
license  number,  which  sign  shall  be  so  printed  and 
attached  to  the  motor  vehicle  as  to  be  plainly  visible 
to  persons  on  the  street,  or  without  a  printed  sign  thereon 
showing  the  schedule  of  service  filed  and  in  effect  at  the 
time,  which  sign  shall  be  so  printed  and  attached  to  the 
said  motor  vehicle  as  to  be  plainly  visible  to  passengers 
boarding  such  motor  vehicle. 


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Sect.  9.  The  license  issued  for  such  motor  vehicle 
shall  designate  the  number  of  passengers,  exclusive  of 
the  operator,  the  licensee  is  authorized  to  carry  in  said 
vehicle,  and  no  person  driving  or  in  charge  of  said  vehicle 
shall  take  on  or  suffer  or  permit  any  more  persons 
to  ride  or  to  be  carried  thereon  at  any  one  time  than  the 
number  designated  in  the  license,  or  permit  any  person 
to  stand  inside  or  to  stand  or  sit  upon  any  running 
board,  steps,  fender,  dash  or  hood  thereof,  or  permit  any 
person  to  ride  on  such  motor  vehicle  outside  the  body 
thereof ;  provided,  however,  that  in  addition  to  the 
number  of  passengers  which  said  motor  vehicle  by  the 
terms  of  its  license  is  permitted  to  carry,  children  under 
seven  years  of  age  may  be  carried  therein,  in  arms,  or 
seated  on  the  laps  of  adult  persons  accompanying 
them,  but  no  passenger  with  a  child  in  arms  or  seated 
on  the  lap  shall  be  permitted  on  any  front  seat  of  the 
vehicle. 

Sect.  10.  The  licensee  shall  not  reconstruct,  mate¬ 
rially  alter,  modify,  or  add  to  the  body  or  seating  arrange¬ 
ments  of  any  such  motor  vehicle  after  the  license  thereof 
is  issued  without  first  applying  for  and  receiving  the 
consent  of  the  street  commissioners. 

Sect.  11.  No  license  for  such  motor  vehicle  shall  be 
transferable  or  applicable  to  any  other  motor  vehicle 
than  that  specified  therein,  provided,  Jfbwever,  that  the 
street  commisioners  may  revise  said  license  in  accord¬ 
ance  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  so  that  under 
said  license  as  revised  another  motor  vehicle  may  be 
substituted  for  one  previously  covered. 

Sect.  12.  The  schedule  of  operation  filed  by  the 
licensee  with  his  application  for  said  license  shall  provide 
for  the  regular  operation  of  a  motor  vehicle  between  the 
termini  and  over  the  route  designated  in  the  license. 
The  licensee  shall  regularly  operate  a  motor  vehicle  in 
substantial  accordance  with  the  schedule  of  operation 
filed  and  in  effect  at  the  time,  except  in  cases  of  accidents, 
breakdowns,  or  other  controlling  emergency,  shall 
operate  such  motor  vehicle  to  the  terminus  of  the  route 
before  turning  around,  and  shall  not  operate  nor  permit 
to  be  operated  any  such  motor  vehicle  off  or  away  from 
the  route  stated  and  fixed  in  the  license  for  the  opera¬ 
tion  of  such  motor  vehicle  except  in  case  of  controlling 
emergency.  Nothing  herein  shall  be  construed  to  pro¬ 
hibit  the  operation,  in  addition  to  the  service  described 
in  the  schedule  on  file  and  in  effect  at  the  time,  of  special 


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or  extra  trips  over  said  route  and  between  said  termini 
during  certain  hours  or  on  special  occasions. 

Sect.  13.  No  person  operating  any  motor  vehicle 
so  licensed  shall  refuse  to  carry  any  person  offering 
himself  or  herself  at  any  regular  stopping  place  for 
carriage,  unless  the  seats  of  such  vehicle  are  fully  occu¬ 
pied,  or  unless  such  person  is  in  an  intoxicated  condition, 
or  conducting  himself  in  a  boisterous  or  disorderly 
manner,  or  is  using  profane  language. 

Sect.  14.  No  motor  vehicle  so  licensed  shall  be 
operated  from  one  half  hour  after  sunset  till  one  half 
hour  before  sunrise,  with  the  top  and  curtains  of  said 
vehicle  up,  or  while  said  vehicle  is  otherwise  enclosed, 
unless  there  be  sufficient  light  provided  to  adequately 
light  the  whole  of  the  interior  of  said  vehicle;  and  all 
motor  vehicles  so  licensed  with  a  seating  capacity  of 
more  than  seven  passengers  shall  come  to  a  full  stop 
immediately  before  crossing  the  tracks  of  any  railroad 
at  grade. 

Sect.  15.  Every  such  motor  vehicle  shall  be  equipped 
with  a  suitable  horn  or  other  similar  warning  device, 
with  a  standard  speedometer,  and  with  a  liquid  fire 
extinguisher  of  a  design  or  type  approved  by  the  street 
commissioners,  and  such  horn,  speedometer  and  fire 
extinguisher  shall  be  Eept  in  satisfactory  operating 
condition  at  all  times.  Every  such  motor  vehicle  shall, 
when  leaving  either  terminus,  be  equipped  with  at  least 
one  extra  serviceable  tire,  and  shall  at  all  times  carry 
and  maintain  in  good  working  order  a  set  of  skid  chains, 
which  shall  be  applied  to  the  rear  wheels  when  such 
vehicle  is  operated  in  any  street  or  public  place  where 
there  is  snow  or  ice,  or  during  other  weather  conditions 
when  the  application  of  such  chains  is  necessary  to 
prevent  skidding. 

Sect,  lb;,  No  person  operating  any  motor  vehicle 
so  licensed  shall  collect  fares,  make  change  or  take  on  or 
discharge  passengers  while  such  vehicle  is  in  motion; 
nor  shall  he  have  a  lighted  cigarette,  cigar  or  pipe  in 
his  possession  while  any  passenger  is  being  carried 
therein,  nor  drink  any  intoxicating  beverage  or  use 
morphine,  cocaine,  opium  or  other  harmful  drug  of  any 
kind,  or  be  under  the  influence  thereof  while  engaged 
in  operating  such  vehicle. 

Sect.  17.  Every  licensee  shall  immediately  report 
fully,  in  writing,  to  the  city  clerk,  the  time,  place,  and 
cause  of  any  fatal  accident  or  any  injury  to  a  passenger 


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or  other  person,  and  of  any  accident  resulting  in  sub¬ 
stantial  damage  to  property,  in  which  he  or  any  motor 
v^ehicle  or  operator  under  his  control  is  involved. 

S®CT.  18.  The  street  commissioners  may  suspend 
or  revoke  any  license  granted  for  such  motor  vehicle, 
and  any  license  issued  by  them  to  any  person  to  drive 
or  operate  such  vehicles,  for  violation  of  any  law  of  the 
commonwealth  in  relation  to  the  operation  of  motor 
vehicles,  or  for  violation  of  any  ordinance  or  street 
traffic  regulation,  or  for  violation  of  any  of-  the  rules, 
restrictions,  requirements  or  regulations  herein  pre¬ 
scribed,  or  for  any  other  cause  deemed  by  said  street 
commissioners,  in  the  exercise  of  reasonable  discretion, 
to  be  sufficient. 

Sect.  19.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  violating 
any  provision  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  subject  to  a 
penalty  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sect.  20.  Chapter  three  of  the  Ordinances  of  1919, 
chapter  four  of  the  Ordinances  of  1919,  and  chapter 
four  of  the  Ordinances  of  1920,  are  hereby  repealed. 

[Approved  October  20,  1921. 


CHAPTER  7. 


Concerning  the  Salaries  of  the  Election  Com¬ 
missioners. 

Chapter  three  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1914  is 
hereby  amended  in  section  five  by  striking  out  the 
clause  relating  to  the  salaries  of  the  election  commis¬ 
sioners  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following: 
‘‘The  election  commissioners,  the  chairman,  forty-five 
hundred  dollars,  the  secretary,  four  thousand  dollars, 
and  the  two  other  commissioners,  each  thirty-five 
hundred  dollars. [Approved  December  13,  1921. 


CHAPTER  8. 


Changing  the  Name  of  the  Boston  Consumptives’ 
Hospital  to  the  Boston  Sanatorium. 

The  name  of  the  Boston  Consumptives’  Hospital  is 
hereby  changed  to  the  Boston  Sanatorium,  and  the 


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43 


Revised  Ordinances  are  hereby  amended  by  striking 
out  the  words  ‘‘Consumptives’  Hospital”  wherever 
they  may  appear,  and  substituting  therefor  the  words 
“Boston  Sanatorium.”  [Approved  January  18 ^  1922. 


CHAPTER  9. 


Concerning  Contracts  Made  by  the  City. 

Section  1.  No  contract  shall  be  made  by  the  city 
except  with, — 

(а)  individual  citizens  of  the  United  States; 

(б)  corporations  or  other  legal  associations  wherein 
the  controlling  interest  to  the  extent  of  at  least  over 
one-half  thereof  is  owned  by  a  citizen  or  citizens  of  the 
United  States. 

Sect.  2.  No  person  other  than  a  citizen  of  the 
United  States  shall  be  employed  on  any  public  work 
being  done  by, — 

(a)  the  City  of  Boston; 

{h)  any  contractor  with  the  City  of  Boston; 

(c)  any  subcontractor  with  such  contractor; 
except  that  persons  not  such  citizens  may  be  employed 
in  the  manner  and  under  the  conditions  set  forth  in 
I  the  following  section. 

Sect.  3.  Whenever  no  citizens  of  the  United  States 
competent  to  perform  the  work  in  question  can  be  had 
at  the  prevailing  and  customary  rate  of  wages,  the  head 
of  the  department  having  charge  of  the  work  in  question, 
with  the  written  approval  of  the  mayor,  may  issue  a 
written  authorization  for  the  employment  of  such  num¬ 
ber  of  persons  other  than  citizens  for  such  time  as  may 
be  necessary  to  do  the  work,  provided  that  no  such 
authorization  shall  be  issued  except  after  compliance 
with  the  provisions  of  the  following  section. 

Sect.  4.  Before  issuing  the  written  authorization 
provided  for  in  the  preceding  section,  the  head  of  the 
department  having  charge  of  the  work  or  contract  shall 
give  one  or  more  public  hearings  and  shall  satisfy  himself 
and  certify  in  writing  that  the  facts  exist  which  warrant 
the  issuance  of  such  authorization.  Where  the  employ¬ 
ment  is  to  be  by  a  contractor  or  subcontractor  he  shall 
require  a  written  statement  from  such  contractor  or 
subcontractor  to  such  facts  sworn  to  before  a  justice  of 
the  peace. 


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fj  Seic.'t-  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  heads  of  depart-  . 
ments  to  cause  suitable  inspection  to  be  made  of  all  j 
work  for  which  they  are  severally  responsible  to  ensure  1 
compliance  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  and  1 
also  to  call  all  breaches  thereof  to  the  attention  of  the 
proper  authorities  for  prosecution. 

Sect.  6.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  violating 
any  section  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  subject  to  a 
penalty  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  each  offence 
and  a  separate  olfence  shall  be  regarded  as  committed 
for  every  day  during  which  such  person,  firm  or  cor¬ 
poration  shall  continue  such  violation. 

Sect.  7.  All  contracts  hereafter  made  by  the  city 
shall  contain  suitable  provisions  requiring  contractors 
and  subcontractors  to  comply  with  the  terms  of  this 
ordinance  and  providing  that  no  recovery  shall  be  had 
on  such  contracts  or  subcontracts  either  against  the 
city  or  any  other  person  if  a  breach  of  this  ordinance 


has  been  established. 


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